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2014 Football Roster

Tom Weishaar
Tom Weishaar

2 Al-Hajj Shabazz

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Philadephia, Pa.
  • Highschool John Bartram

Biography

Returning starter at corner back for the Golden Rams … named D2 Football.com preseason All-America … has developed into a shutdown corner in three seasons … named All-PSAC East, All-Super Region 1 and All-ECAC after last year … all-league and all-region candidate once again this fall … rose up through the depth chart quickly at cornerback and is now widely considered one of the top defensive backs in the conference, if not the region ... athletic ... good size and speed for a cornerback ... excellent one-on-one marking skills … can read a play and break on a ball ... makes  a lot of open-field tackles out on the perimeter … one of the team’s best sure-handed tacklers … always draws the opposition’s top receiver … teams rarely test him during a game … three-year letterwinner.

2013: Appeared in and started 14 games … finished tied for seventh on the team in tackles with a career-best 53 … made 34 solo tackles and 19 assisted stops … finished second on the team in interceptions with four and tied for the team lead with eight pass breakups … his 12 passes defensed led the squad … also registered a pair of tackles for a loss … intercepted a 4th-down pass late in the fourth quarter of West Chester’s regional final at Shepherd and returned it 76 yards for a TD that doubled WCU’s lead at the time and helped them to the regional championship and a berth in the national semifinals … picked off a career-high two passes against Kutztown … also intercepted a pass against Gannon … posted a career-high seven tackles in win at Gannon … also notched six tackles in regular-season finale against Clarion … registered five tackles, including two tackles for a loss in win at Shippensburg … posted five solo stops at Shippensburg and against Clarion … recorded four tackles and two pass breakups against California (Pa.) … had 10 tackles and an INT return for a TD in four playoff games … named first team All-PSAC East, first team All-Super Region 1 and All-ECAC.

2012: Appeared in 10 games and made seven starts … finished 10th on the team with 38 tackles … credited with season-high 27 solo stops and added 11 assisted tackles … credited with two tackles for a loss … intercepted one pass … was credited with one pass breakup … forced a fumble and recovered that very same fumble against LIU-Post … intercepted a pass at Kutztown … posted back-to-back-to-back games with six tackles (KU, Cal and ESU) … established a career-high with six solo stops at California (Pa.) … notched five solo and one assisted tackle the next week at East Stroudsburg … started that string with four solo and a pair of assisted tackles at Kutztown … recorded five tackles in season opener at Delaware and followed up with five more tackles against Gannon in home opener … made a tackle on 4th-and-3 at Gannon’s 35-yard line with four minutes left in the game that helped preserve a 21-17 win for the Golden Rams … play resulted in just a 1-yard gain and a turnover on downs for the Golden Knights.

2011: Appeared in all 11 games … made three starts … finished the season with 22 tackles … posted 12 unassisted stops and 10 assisted tackles … ranked 15th on the squad in tackles … recorded one tackle for a loss … registered three pass breakups … posted a career-high eight tackles at Millersville … recorded a career-best six assisted stops … made a tackle in each of West Chester’s final seven games … posted four tackles at Shippensburg … credited with a pass breakup against Slippery Rock, Bloomsburg and Millersville … tackle for a loss came against the Marauders as well … registered three solo tackles against Kutztown and Shippensburg.

2010: Red-shirted ... did not appear in a contest.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2010Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 185 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2011Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 180 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2012Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 185 lbs
    38
  • 2

    2013Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 185 lbs
    2
  • 2
    C

    2014Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 200 lbs
    2
    C